People… And their Drugs…

A woman in Columbia is facing charges after police say she tried to take a remove a body from a casket during a funeral service.

Cynthia Frierson, 36, was charged with disrupting funeral or memorial service, public intoxication, driving on revoked or suspended license, immediate notice of accident and unlawful drug paraphernalia. Police said they originally responded to a report that Frierson had sideswiped several cars. Later, they received a call about a disturbance at Roundtree, Napier & Ogilvie Funeral Home.